There is a recipe for making quicklime from limestone.
I have yet to run across limestone in game.
I just discovered that digging up military wreckage piles with a shovel has a chance of leaving behind some really awesome loot that you couldn’t get to otherwise. The problem now, of course, is that I will feel compelled to clean them all up to make sure I’m not missing anything from now on, and each crash site takes like three days to shovel out completely.
Protip for people doing this: The piles in the center of the wreckage site seem to have a better chance of dropping loot than the ones on the outskirts.
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Thanks for the tip, now I can get scrap parts AND loot from these things, no more of that welding and melting a car down BS.
[quote=“IcedPee, post:5723, topic:42”]I just discovered that digging up military wreckage piles with a shovel has a chance of leaving behind some really awesome loot that you couldn’t get to otherwise. The problem now, of course, is that I will feel compelled to clean them all up to make sure I’m not missing anything from now on, and each crash site takes like three days to shovel out completely.
Protip for people doing this: The piles in the center of the wreckage site seem to have a better chance of dropping loot than the ones on the outskirts.[/quote]
What? Cool loot is generated when you dig up wreckage? One you can’t see beforehand?
Simple, huh. In theory, perhaps. I tried to finally get my clothing in order, and i cannot make any sense of it. Yes, i understand that more than one in one bodypart will add one encumbrance, but then you have the layers easily characteristic which means you can stack these items with normal clothing and it doesnt add encumbrance. But you still only can have two items of one type. So i think that i should stack two of bras bikini tops tank tops and undershirts plus a kevlar vest under a heavy survivor suit. Oh, and a sundress. It layers easily, and is fancy. My survivor must look completely ridiculous and i guess i will explode from overheating if i go outside in that.
But this is even more complicated because some clothing covers more than one bodypart. So i am trying to make sense of all these leather jackets, trenchcoats, dusters and leather aprons.
(okay, bras and bikinis can be discarded, since they have only 15% coverage…)
Does cauterization have a different success chance based upon the tool used?
Always used a lighter + stone knife and almost every time I managed to heal the infection at the first try, while few moments ago I tried to cauterize with a soldering iron and it failed for three times. Wondering if it is just bad luck.
[quote=“IcedPee, post:5723, topic:42”]I just discovered that digging up military wreckage piles with a shovel has a chance of leaving behind some really awesome loot that you couldn’t get to otherwise. The problem now, of course, is that I will feel compelled to clean them all up to make sure I’m not missing anything from now on, and each crash site takes like three days to shovel out completely.
Protip for people doing this: The piles in the center of the wreckage site seem to have a better chance of dropping loot than the ones on the outskirts.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that before, heli crash loot would spawn on top on the metal wreckage. Now that stuff [s]somehow[/i] goes under rubble, it gets shafted down there.
[quote=“IcedPee, post:5723, topic:42”]I just discovered that digging up military wreckage piles with a shovel has a chance of leaving behind some really awesome loot that you couldn’t get to otherwise. The problem now, of course, is that I will feel compelled to clean them all up to make sure I’m not missing anything from now on, and each crash site takes like three days to shovel out completely.
Protip for people doing this: The piles in the center of the wreckage site seem to have a better chance of dropping loot than the ones on the outskirts.[/quote]
I figured that out because when killing zombies over rubble, their stuff goes under the rubble.
I could never test the military wreckage though because I generally don’t carry shovels.
[quote=“Vareruma, post:5727, topic:42”]Does cauterization have a different success chance based upon the tool used?
Always used a lighter + stone knife and almost every time I managed to heal the infection at the first try, while few moments ago I tried to cauterize with a soldering iron and it failed for three times. Wondering if it is just bad luck.[/quote]
Mostly luck. Reading the cauterize code, it seems that neither the choice of item nor the skill at first aid has much effect.
If you get unlucky, it will make things worse though - it increases bite timer by quite a bit, often making it instantly infect after few failures.
A known issue, but it’s rather small and the fix would probably be quite big.
You can still butcher and smash buried stuff.
But this is even more complicated because some clothing covers more than one bodypart. So i am trying to make sense of all these leather jackets, trenchcoats, dusters and leather aprons.[/quote]
It works like this:
- Each bodypart is encumbered separately.
- Each layer on bodypart (close to skin, normal, outer, strapped, also the new waist layer) has a layering penalty equal to number of items that cover it
- Fitting items that were 0 encumbrance before fitting only add 0.5 to layering penalty rather than 1
- Layering penalty - 1 (if still positive) is added to encumbrance on that bodypart. It DOES store fractions per bodypart (but not over the entire body)
So for example, if you wear 3 fitting t-shirts, a fitting trenchcoat and 1 fitting utility vest and 1 messenger bag, your layering penalty on torso is:
- 0 for normal, strapped and waist layers
- 1.5 - 1 = 0.5 for close to skin layer (t-shirts)
- 1 - 1 = 0 for outer layer (coat)
- 0.5 + 1 - 1 = 0.5 for strapped layer (vests and bag)
0.5+0+0.5 = 1, so you get the penalty. You still would get it if you removed the trenchcoat, but removing any other item would drop it to 0.5 and thus would make it round down to 0.
In the above example trenchcoat also covers arms. It covers the same layer on arms as on torso - the outer layer. You can still wear 3 arm warmers (close to skin) and chitin arm guards (strapped) without getting a layering penalty here. More: you could add a jumpsuit (normal layer) to the whole set and would neither encumber arms nor torso, because you have no items in normal layer in neither of those parts.
[quote=“John Candlebury, post:5704, topic:42”]Other than looks, nope.
I would say its definitively better to use quarter panels.[/quote]
By rights quarterpanels ought to let the wind through, though. Hope you like being cold.
So how exactly does Time Dilation work? I read something about it eating all your power and lasting for a while based on how much power you had?
I heard the same.
Anyone knows how to build water wells? I have all the components and tools, but it says i cant build it there, no matter where i try.
Okay, nevermind. It requires a pit, too.
I have found an armored carrier with external-mounted diesel tanks on the rear.
Does external gasoline tanks exist as well? Tried checking the wiki/dev item browser but either of them aren’t listed.
[quote=“Vareruma, post:5734, topic:42”]I have found an armored carrier with external-mounted diesel tanks on the rear.
Does external gasoline tanks exist as well? Tried checking the wiki/dev item browser but either of them aren’t listed.[/quote]
Empty it of diesel, put gas in it, bam, external mounted gasoline tank, thankfully the game is that simple when it comes to fuel tanks.
So, apparently rams are a thing now, how well do they work and how long do they last? Or at least, how long does Military Composite last?
Generally they last about as long as the armor would, but smack things harder
Actually, last time I checked there was a tiny oversight with external tanks: gasoline ones use 55 gallon drums, while diesel ones use metal tanks.
Actually, last time I checked there was a tiny oversight with external tanks: gasoline ones use 55 gallon drums, while diesel ones use metal tanks.[/quote]
Huh, shrug.
Just got my hands on a plasma engine, how much better is this thing compared to a V12 engine?
EDIT: Speaking of rare vehicle parts, what exactly is a minireactor? I’m figuring it’s a power source, what’s it run on?
IIRC it runs on plutonium batteries/cells whatever they are actually called.
Actually, last time I checked there was a tiny oversight with external tanks: gasoline ones use 55 gallon drums, while diesel ones use metal tanks.[/quote]
Huh, shrug.
Just got my hands on a plasma engine, how much better is this thing compared to a V12 engine?[/quote]
It’s a bit more powerful than the large electric engine but while running it also charges your batteries for the same amount as truck alternator. I don’t know how powerful V12 is but I think it’s quote a bit more powerful than plasma or large electric.
Remind me why it’s “Very Dark” when thunder and lightning storms come around?